The Japanese Olympic Committee will move to protect female athletes from having nonconsensual photographs of a sexual nature snapped while they compete, an important step forward for the country as it seeks to create solidarity with and among victims of sexual abuse.
Sources close to the matter said Monday victims have complained to the JOC after they have discovered photos of themselves shared on social media with sexually explicit captions, leading to the national governing body planning to conduct hearings with various sports bodies.
The JOC is preparing to issue a joint statement with the Japan Sport Association and All Japan High School Athletic Federation while taking concrete steps to prevent surreptitious photos from being taken and shared, the sources said.
In August, former national team athletes complained to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations that photos zoomed in on their breasts and buttocks were taken during competition.
Social movements like #MeToo and Japan’s Flower Demo have highlighted abuse against women in recent years and empowered them to step from the shadows to report sexual harassment, and more Japanese pro athletes have since come forward to talk about their experiences.
One female track and field athlete said she received an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals sent from an unknown Twitter account and another image of herself during competition photoshopped into an explicit sexual situation.
Others said they are easily targeted when they position themselves in jumping events or when they lift their hips into the air on the starting blocks before a sprint.
Oct 15
Oct 15
The Japanese Olympic Committee will move to protect female athletes from having nonconsensual photographs of a sexual nature snapped while they compete, an important step forward for the country as it seeks to create solidarity with and among victims of sexual abuse. (Japan Times)
Oct 14
Modern technology keeps evolving, spreading its tentacles and roping in all sectors, one by one. (newsonjapan.com)
Oct 13
A total of 26 players of the men’s volleyball team at Nihon University have contracted the novel coronavirus but none are showing serious symptoms, sources close to the matter said Monday. (Kyodo)
Oct 08
NHK has learned that the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are expecting to slash a total of more than 190 million dollars in costs for the Games.(NHK)
Oct 08
Next year’s Tokyo Marathon will be rescheduled from March to the fall due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, sources said Wednesday. (Japan Times)
Oct 07
The Lotte Marines announced Tuesday a total 11 top-team players and staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but the club’s Pacific League game against the Orix Buffaloes went ahead as planned. (Japan Today)
Oct 07
The IOC and local organizers are trying to “simplify” the postponed Tokyo Olympics, promising to save money in what one study says is already the most expensive Summer Olympics on record.(Japan Today)
Oct 07
Over the past few years, there have been increased suggestions that Formula One could host a street race in Japan by 2025. Hirofumi Yoshimura – the current major of Osaka – has stated his desire for Yumeshima Island to host the country’s first-ever street-orientated Grand Prix. (newsonjapan.com)
Oct 07
As regulated gambling spreads across other parts of Asia, attention always returns to Japan. There have been strong laws controlling gambling here for years, and it seems like this is one area that lawmakers will not return to any time soon. Let’s take a closer look at the current status of gambling here as it currently stands. (newsonjapan.com)
Oct 06
Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League will explore the possibility of raising the current caps on attendance, a process that will include consultations with an epidemiologist, among others, the two leagues announced following the latest meeting of their joint COVID-19 task force on Monday.(Japan Times)
Oct 05
The government of Japan is reportedly considering ways to let people into the country next year when it hosts the Olympics. (ARIRANG NEWS)
Oct 04
The Japan National Championships for track and field events ended on Saturday after three days of competition.(NHK)
Oct 04
Online casino games have gained a lot of popularity in the last few years. (newsonjapan.com)
Oct 03
Honda Motor says it is withdrawing from Formula One. The carmaker will stop providing power units at the end of the 2021 season as the Japanese company pivots to a focus on green energy.(NHK)
Sep 28
The 28-year-old Shodai has won his first title in the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, with 13 wins and two losses.(NHK)
Sep 27
The US magazine Time has included tennis star Osaka Naomi on its list of the 100 most influential people for the second year in a row.(NHK)
Sep 25
A Japanese government panel has approved a plan to allow foreign athletes to compete in next year’s Tokyo Games even while in a 2-week coronavirus quarantine period. (NHK)
Sep 19
The Japanese government has decided to set up a system to exempt athletes competing at next year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games from entry restrictions currently placed on 159 countries and regions due to the novel coronavirus that forced the games’ postponement, sources familiar with the matter said Friday.(Kyodo)
Sep 18
Two high school students suffered injuries after they were hit by an athletics hammer on the sports ground of their school in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, on Wednesday.(Japan Today)
Japan’s leading court has actually rejected an insurance claim by a non-regular employee that her company need to pay her incentives.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have actually jailed a 36-year-old male over the supposed attempted burglary of a female in Higashimurayama City previously this year, records Fuji News Network (Oct 13). 
Miki Nishino, a previous participant of idolizer team AKB48, has actually evaluated favorable for the unique coronavirus, her firm disclosed onMonday
A person whose arrival at a healthcare facility was postponed by 16 mins after the rescue he remained in made an incorrect turn on a Tokyo expressway later on passed away, the Tokyo Fire Department statedMonday
The prefectural federal government of Niigata released an unique caution concerning wild bear experiences on Monday, a day after a female passed away from injuries suffered in an assault when she was servicing a ranch previously in the month.
It began with a weapon and also finished with a bang.
A 24-year-old female was located stabbed to fatality in her Kyoto house on Sunday, authorities statedMonday 
Kyohei Tsutsumi, an expert author of prominent Japanese tracks that influenced the nation’s songs scene in the 1970s and also 1980s, has actually passed away of goal pneumonia, resources near the issue statedMonday He was 80. 
A centerpiece of a long-running celebration typically kept in western Japan has actually been terminated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Imperial Household Agency is taking into consideration digging deep into Daisen Kofun in Osaka Prefecture, the nation’s biggest old funeral pile, in a preservation job that can start about following loss, resources near the strategy statedSaturday 
From the outdoors, Yuko Takeuchi appeared to have a gold life. She had actually won Japan’s leading acting honor 3 times and also had actually lately brought to life her 2nd youngster. An elegant elegance, she showed up in a box-office preferred in 2014 and also ads for a leading ramen brand name. 
Arashi, a prominent Japanese child band that will certainly suspend their tasks following year, will certainly stream a held off performance onNov 3 online, their firm Jonny and alsoAssociates Inc statedThursday 
A 36-year-old male that left authorities throughout a search of his home in Date City on Tuesday was caught later on that day, authorities stated, records Nippon News Network (Oct 6). 
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have actually jailed a 26-year-old male over the supposed molestation of a female in Hachioji City last month, records TBS News (Oct 6).
More than 20 individuals attached to a person hosting club in Sapporo City’s leading red-light area have actually evaluated favorable for the unique coronavirus, the city has actually disclosed, recordsFuji News Network 
Popular Japanese starlet Suzu Hirose has actually been contaminated with the unique coronavirus without experiencing any kind of signs up until now, her firm statedTuesday
The setting up of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan has actually changed a statute to quit the nation’s biggest criminal activity organization from distributing deals with to youngsters at its head office onHalloween
Tokyo Metropolitan Police think that a 35-year-old female fatally stabbed her 2 youngsters prior to taking her life at their home in Suginami Ward on Monday, reports NHK (Oct 5).
Law enforcement departments in 3 prefectures have actually found 3 women after they were apparently abducted in different occurrences. 
Japan is thinking about an added financial stimulation plan concentrating on increasing intake moistened by the unique coronavirus pandemic, federal government resources claimedTuesday 
Campaigning started Monday for a Nov 1 mandate on whether Osaka ought to end up being a metropolitan area comparable to Tokyo in 2025.
Japan’s Justice Ministry is thinking about eliminating a need that individuals signing up marital relationships or separations need to mark papers with “hanko,” or individual seals.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has actually discussed even more regarding the federal government’s choice recently to turn down 6 prospects for theScience Council
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi claimed Thursday that Japan will certainly add greater than $130 million to a global structure to make certain that establishing nations have reasonable accessibility to coronavirus vaccinations. 
A neighborhood political leader of the judgment Liberal Democratic Party has actually come under attack for declaring last month that his north Tokyo ward would certainly “cease to exist” if the legal rights of sex-related minorities are shielded by legislation. 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga talked with UNITED STATE Secretary of State Mike Pompeo below Tuesday in the brand-new Japanese leader’s initial cabinet-level conference with an international authorities because taking workplace last month. 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday resisted versus supposition that the denial of 6 scholars to the Science Council of Japan is credited to their objection of nationwide protection regulations accepted under after that-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Japan’s scientific research council that makes plan suggestions to the federal government sent out a letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday asking him to describe his current rejection to assign several of the body’s candidates as brand-new participants. 
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has actually declined to assign 6 candidates as brand-new participants of a leading company of Japanese researchers, triggering a require the transfer to be withdrawed.
NHK has actually found out the Japanese federal government will likely increase financial help for remote, populated islands near the nation’s maritime boundaries.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is not likely to call a breeze political election this year to strengthen his political setting, Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the judgment Liberal Democratic Party, suggested toNikkei 
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga promised Saturday to gain ground with repair initiatives for locations ruined by the 2011 quake as well as tidal wave, as he checked out the Fukushima nuclear reactor maimed by the calamities. 
NHK has actually found out that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is anticipated to go to Japan as early as following month to fulfill his Japanese equivalent,Motegi Toshimitsu
The most current NHK point of view survey reveals that Japan’s brand-new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has an authorization score of 62 percent. 
Japan’s priest for management reform on Thursday purchased all nationwide federal government workplaces to quit calling for hanko stamps on certifications generally. 
Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide asked South Korean President Moon Jae- in to take actions to enhance the stretched connection in between both nations in their initial telephone discussion.
A participant of the House of Representatives has actually evaluated favorable for the unique coronavirus as well as was confessed to a medical facility, the Lower House’s secretariat claimed Friday, the initial verified infection of a Japanese legislator.
Japan’s brand-new head of state will certainly seek financial architectural reforms via a variety of plans that target certain sectors, instead of a grand technique to improve culture as well as increase long-lasting development.
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s outward bound as well as longest-serving head of state, left his workplace in Tokyo for the last time on September 16, 2020. Abe had actually introduced his strategies to surrender in August, mentioning health issue associated with ulcerative colitis. 
An regulation to maintain tabs on weapon proprietors was passed Monday in Hyogo Prefecture, in feedback to a deadly capturing in June in which a neighborhood guy eliminated 3 participants of his family members as well as seriously hurt an additional. 
Covid- associated ridership declines and also long-lasting populace patterns are elevating difficult inquiries concerning the future of the Shinkansen network of high-speed trains inJapan 
Japan signed up with a U.S.-led worldwide arrangement Wednesday that lays out the expedition and also application of sources precede, the federal government stated. 
The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, situated in Saitama prefecture of Japan, was developed to shield Tokyo from flooding. Constructed in 2016, it gauges 30 metres (98ft) in size and also 70 metres (230ft) detailed. 
Japan will certainly take into consideration alleviating guidelines on the sale of emergency situation birth control pills over the counter, the health and wellness preacher stated Friday, taking an action towards enabling the type of non-prescription contraception that is currently offered in lots of various other nations. 
Three Japanese companies are collaborating to construct completely electrical vessels without carbon impact.
Present- day life has actually had actually blended outcomes on supplying on the forecasts past generations made concerning the future. We still do not have flying automobiles, for instance, yet we do have a real-life titan, relocating anime robotic (and also if we needed to select among both, directly, that’s the one we would certainly select). 
A study by a clinical proving ground in Japan reveals the casualty price of individuals contaminated with the coronavirus is greater amongst those with persistent kidney or cardiovascular disease.
Expectations are high for the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency revealed previously this month that an undiscovered planet will certainly be the brand-new target for the unmanned probe. 
Astronauts remaining at the International Space Station are readied to obtain a preference of tinned mackerel made by Japanese secondary school pupils.
An driver of a bullet-train network in Japan has actually established a computer system to maintain trains risk-free from serious flooding. Officials at East Japan Railway state their innovation guarantees Shinkansen trains can be relocated.
The term ‘Robot’ was created precisely one a century earlier, in the year 1920, to explain an imaginary humanoid in the Czech play R.U.R. Heck, it’s also older than that- there are misconceptions going back to old Greece concerning Hephaestus developing robots and also such. 
A size 5.3 quake hit Japan’s Pacific Ocean coastline off Honshu Island on Sunday, the nation’s atmospheric firm reported. 
Two Japanese scientists are amongst possible Nobel laureates in a checklist launched by a United States clinical details solution company. This year’s victors will certainly be revealed beginning with October 5. 
Japan can encounter a revival of coronavirus infections, although the variety of situations has actually gotten on a down fad considering that late July, a team of professionals on infection avoidance statedThursday 
An worldwide study group consisting of a Japanese researcher on Thursday won the Ig Nobel Acoustics reward after revealing that an alligator’s pitch climbs after it breathes in helium-enriched air. 
Japan’s Hayabusa2 area traveler will certainly intend to penetrate the planet “1998KY26” situated in between the orbits of Earth and also Mars in 2031 after finishing its present objective of accumulating examples from an additional planet, the nation’s scientific research preacher statedTuesday 
Japan’s health and wellness ministry has actually chosen to offer seasonal influenza shots to senior individuals initially, from October 1.
A federal government panel on the coronavirus episode claims 2 prefectures, Okinawa and also Ishikawa, still stay at the most awful of the 4 phases in healthcare facility bed schedule.
Sharp Corp stated Monday that study by the company has actually revealed that its air detoxifying innovation has the ability to lower air-borne coronavirus bits, asserting it as a globe initially. 
Throughout our globe’s background we have actually undergone fashionable stages; whether it be clothing, hairdos, and so on 
